EU vs US

Incontrol, Idra and many others US pros have said it clearly. EU is better. Live with this fact or come to die on EU ladder ;). Then again Korean ladder is even better, thats why everyone goes to die on that ladder XD

I´m playing both, although NA gets more attention since I started a clan. The clan exists on both sides, but NA seems to be easier to get off their butts to participate so I´ve focused there.

The skill level is about the same in my experience. EU is slightly better, but no by a whole league.

What lag is concerned, I have no problems with it, but then again, I´m on a 50/50 Mbit fiberoptics.

Go play both if you want to. It´s not a problem having both EU and NA clients installed at the same time, but make the shortcuts yourself to have on the Desktop and label them, which is which. Reinstalling both is a hazzle though, since you have to patch everything for both editions.

US players aren't as good as europeans. Compare IdrA to Stephano, for example.

IdrA is more famous and better than Stephano.

Famous? yes..because he has a much longer history then Stephano, on an international level.

Better? I would say NO, because Stephano can play any style..and adapt extremely fast to anything..while idra does the same boring stuff over and over again, is acceptable only in late game, and doesn't adapt to his opponent..he uses the same style vs everyone.

I've been playing a bit on the US servers now, and some people are wondering, if there is any difference between the ladders. The skill level is the same from bronze to diamond (I'm only platinum), but quite different play styles. I feel like European players are more aggressive, like dropping, doing small attacks here and there, and sometimes all-ins. American players are more relaxed, and are sitting back building up an army, getting upgrades and expanding. But of course, the difference can apply to my ranking. Platinum here, and platinum there, playing both Zerg and Protoss.

Grubby was once asked if Korean or EU or any ladder is the hardest. His response was relatively simple and I think hard to argue with since he is a professional player and has played on EU, NA, Korean and probably more servers. He said, that he did not encounter a significantly different skilllevel, although of course on the Korean servers more professional players play full-time while many EU and NA pros are students or sth else beside being a progamer. The main difference he noticed was the playstyle. In Korea he said most players were more aggressive and often played fast pushes and early aggression strategies which therefore were more refined and often more micro oriented than on the other servers. He stated that he did not have to play much better than he had to on EU or NA but he just had to adapt to the general playstyle so in his experience that is the main difference between the servers. Of course this only applies to Mid-High Masters up to Grandmaster so I'm not sure about the skilllevel below that border.